PHENIX First Measurement of the J/psi Elliptic Flow Parameter upsilon2 in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt SNN = 200 GeV
- CEA, Saclay, France
- ORNL
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)
Recent results indicate that the J/{psi} suppression pattern differs with rapidity showing a larger suppression at forward rapidity. J/{psi} suppression mechanisms based on energy density (such as color screening, interaction with co-movers, etc.) predict the opposite trend. On the other hand, it is expected that more c{bar c} pairs should be available to form quarkonia at mid-rapidity via recombination. Some models provide a way to differentiate J/{psi} production from initially produced c{bar c} pairs and final state recombination of uncorrelated pairs, via the rapidity and transverse momentum dependence of the elliptic flow ({upsilon}{sub 2}). During 2007 data taking at RHIC, a large sample of Au+Au collisions at {radical}s{sub NN} = 200 GeV was collected. The statistics has been increased compared to previous 2004 data set, thus allowing a more precise measurement of the J/{psi} production at both mid and forward rapidity. Furthermore, the PHENIX experiment benefited from the addition of a new detector, which improves the reaction plane resolution and allows us to measure the J/{psi} {upsilon}{sub 2}. Comparing this measurement to the positive D-mesons {upsilon}{sub 2} (through non-photonic electron decays) will help constraining the J/{psi} production mechanisms and getting a more precise picture of the proportion of J/{psi} coming from direct production or charm quark coalescence. Details on how the J/{psi} {upsilon}{sub 2} is measured at mid-rapidity rapidities are presented. The J/{psi} {upsilon}{sub 2} as a function of transverse momentum are compared to existing models.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 946122
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 20th International Conference on Nucleus Nucleus Collisions/Quark Matter 2008, Jaipur, India, 20080204, 20080210
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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